In Case You Were Wondering What TV Obama Watches . . .

Politico knows! And I approve, so let's discuss. Believe it or not, the president watches more than Hillary Clinton speeches. He loves HBO. His favorites? Entourage and the best drug drama ever to be set in Baltimore, The Wire.

It's hard to imagine our president of PC laughing at Entourage's agent-to-the-stars Ari Gold making racist and homophobic quips to his gay, Asian assistant Lloyd, but we're going to assume he does. After all, the duo's repartee — along with Ari's even-more-undermining apologies — are what elevate the show to a comedy and stop it (short) from drowning as a self-indulgent love letter written by and for the entertainment industry. Mostly, anyway.

He loves The Wire, and anyone who's suffered valiantly through the first season (I recommend subtitles) knows a prize of a show awaits. His favorite character? Omar. Gay as the day is long, Omar is a Robin Hood figure who robs drug dealers. The words "Omar's coming" sends people hiding into apartments while he strolls through the projects, two-foot-long shotgun in hand, whistling "The Farmer in the Dell." President Obama made it clear that he doesn't approve of the character but finds him fascinating. Whatever, he has to say that; Omar is why you watch The Wire.

And then there's some mention about sports, sports, and more sports. Blah, blah, and more blah. He rarely watches the news and never watches his speeches, preferring to let friends and advisers tell him how he did.

Plus, Obama's so modern and savvy and what a Princeton history professor calls "cool" that he loves the Internet! Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, "Sometimes we’ll show him like a YouTube clip or something off a website itself, and he gets a kick out of that.” Us too, Robert, us too.

Yet again it seems that Citizen is really Elle Woods. When you write things like, "..anyone who's suffered valiantly through the first season (I recommend subtitles) knows a prize of a show awaits," regarding The Wire, you turn off potential viewers who might be interested in a truly relevant, smart show. While it's not shocking that someone with a Sex & the City avatar wouldn't be able to get through it, I'd expect someone writing about politics and policy (even in the cursory, fluffy way presented here) to consider any season of The Wire "suffering."

Yet again it seems that Citizen is really Elle Woods. When you write things like, "..anyone who's suffered valiantly through the first season (I recommend subtitles) knows a prize of a show awaits," regarding The Wire, you turn off potential viewers who might be interested in a truly relevant, smart show. While it's not shocking that someone with a Sex & the City avatar wouldn't be able to get through it, I'd expect someone writing about politics and policy (even in the cursory, fluffy way presented here) to consider any season of The Wire "suffering."

"Maybe the president loves the idea of a poor, good-looking guy making it big?"I completely disagree with this above statement. If he loved that idea, his policies wouldn't hurt those who have made something of themselves.

"Maybe the president loves the idea of a poor, good-looking guy making it big?"
I completely disagree with this above statement. If he loved that idea, his policies wouldn't hurt those who have made something of themselves.

I don't have a problem with what Barack watches. I mean he is only human just like the rest of us, and he deserves to watch whatever he wants too at night, when he has free time alone with his family. And if he wants to free his mind during the day to catch a little TV then so what, back off already people. We all take time out for a little TV, no matter how important we are, we all need to free our mind from hard work for a short moment.

I don't have a problem with what Barack watches. I mean he is only human just like the rest of us, and he deserves to watch whatever he wants too at night, when he has free time alone with his family.
And if he wants to free his mind during the day to catch a little TV then so what, back off already people.
We all take time out for a little TV, no matter how important we are, we all need to free our mind from hard work for a short moment.